[sdiy] where do chips go to die?

[David J. Hughes]

Geoff,

on 8/9/05 8:43 am, geoff james at afas00 at bigpond.net.au wrote:

> recently i placed an RFQ with a chip supplier and to my surprise they actually
> got back to me.(i have sent many RFQ's to many co's and never recieved a
> reply).
> then things went pair shaped.
> the price was high( 57.00 ea), but when you need it you pay for it.
> all i required was 3, but that fell short of thier $500 min order.
> that was that.
> where the fuck do these chips end up?
> do they sit on a shelf until some bean counter say's" throw them in the
> trash"?
> in my case they would have gotten $US 171.00 for putting 3x ic's in a small
> parcel and charged me shipping.
> go figure.


I had exactly the same problem with Atmel recently. Very, very disappointed.
Atmel are usually very good to work with.

David

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